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Solaris Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:48 pm
by cah
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash ... 45.1%29%29
SPARC Platform
Solaris 8 without patch 109809-17
Solaris 9 without patch 113225-29
Solaris 10 without patch 146470-04
x86 Platform
Solaris 8 without patch 109810-17
Solaris 9 without patch 116545-27
Solaris 10 without patch 146471-04
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Checking Dayligh Saving Time on server
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:32 pm
by cah
Using the following command to find daylight saving time for different time zones.
$TZ is an environment variable set in /etc/TIMEZONE (symbolic link to /etc/default/init).
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%/usr/sbin/zdump -v $TZ | grep 2012
US/Eastern Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2012 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2012 EST isdst=0
US/Eastern Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2012 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2012 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2012 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2012 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2012 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2012 EST isdst=0
%echo $TZ
US/Eastern
%/usr/sbin/zdump -v $TZ | grep 2012
US/Pacific Sun Mar 11 09:59:59 2012 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2012 PST isdst=0
US/Pacific Sun Mar 11 10:00:00 2012 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2012 PDT isdst=1
US/Pacific Sun Nov 4 08:59:59 2012 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2012 PDT isdst=1
US/Pacific Sun Nov 4 09:00:00 2012 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2012 PST isdst=0
%echo $TZ
US/Pacific
Notice: If zdump is run for current year, there will be an extra entry on top of the output and it will be the time it was run.
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%/usr/sbin/zdump -v $TZ | grep 2011
US/Eastern Tue Nov 15 20:30:22 2011 UTC = Tue Nov 15 15:30:22 2011 EST isdst=0
US/Eastern Sun Mar 13 06:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 13 01:59:59 2011 EST isdst=0
US/Eastern Sun Mar 13 07:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 13 03:00:00 2011 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Nov 6 05:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Nov 6 01:59:59 2011 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Nov 6 06:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Nov 6 01:00:00 2011 EST isdst=0
%/usr/sbin/zdump -v $TZ | grep 2011
US/Pacific Tue Nov 15 20:34:27 2011 UTC = Tue Nov 15 12:34:27 2011 PST isdst=0
US/Pacific Sun Mar 13 09:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 13 01:59:59 2011 PST isdst=0
US/Pacific Sun Mar 13 10:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Mar 13 03:00:00 2011 PDT isdst=1
US/Pacific Sun Nov 6 08:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Nov 6 01:59:59 2011 PDT isdst=1
US/Pacific Sun Nov 6 09:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Nov 6 01:00:00 2011 PST isdst=0